SpaceX just launched a series of giant internet-beaming satellites into orbit — here's what happened

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March 30, 2018 4:46 PM

SpaceX just launched 10 more internet satellites into space today. But the company is nowhere near done. It wants to cover the Earth in super-speed broadband.

SpaceX just launched a fifth batch of 10 internet satellites into space.
It's the latest in a massive push from SpaceX to send thousands of internet satellites into orbit around the world, blanketing the Earth in super-speedy internet coverage.
SpaceX just got the green light from the FCC

SpaceX just blasted off another batch of internet-providing satellites on a Falcon 9 rocket, the company's latest push in an effort to cover the Earth with supercharged broadband internet.

It's an unprecedented move. SpaceX eventually wants to 700 to 800 miles above Earth.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) just OK'd the company's plan on Thursday.

But even if the project continues to move forward without a hitch, not everyone will get supercharged internet. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has indicated that China probably won't get coverage, because he's worried that the country might "blow our satellites up" if they got upset.

Here's what the mission looked like as it blasted off from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base on a Falcon 9 rocket at 7:13 am Pacific on Friday:

SpaceX did not try to recover the Falcon 9's first stage booster, but the company did test out re-trapping the Falcon 9's nosecone, or fairing, on a boat named "Mr. Steven." The move could save the $6 million piece of equipment from plunging into the ocean.

Mr. Steven has a net on board that's designed to catch the fairing. On Friday, Musk described it as "

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